Sunday, August 31, 2025

 

Greetings all,
 
Today we commemorate the life of the Empress Theodora Porphyrogenita, who passed on August 31st in 1056 AD:
 
 
She was the daughter of Constantine VIII and was the younger sister of the Empress Zoe. Theodora only became involved in politics in her later years and was sole Empress (and a strong ruler) for 16 months until this day. She was the last ruler of the Macedonian line which had ruled Byzantium for 200 years.

-Marcus Cassius Julianus
 
 

 


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